# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Hazeltine Nurseries, INC
> OSHA SIR `20241110495` · 11/11/2024 · NOKOMIS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Hazeltine Nurseries, INC
- **Location:** 1158 Kingsway Drive, NOKOMIS, FLORIDA, 34275
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching chains to a skid steer and a trailer. The chains tightened and the employee's right hand got pinched by a chain. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*